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Showing 1 to 20 of 341 for “"Ligament"”.
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Potential commercial application of a bi-layer bone-ligament regeneration scaffold to anterior cruciate ligament replacement
… the commercial application of a bi-layer bone-ligament scaffold to the treatment of torn anterior cruciate ligaments (ACL) requiring replacement. The two main keys in producing the bone scaffold are triple co-precipitation of type-I collagen, chodroitin-6-sulphate, and calcium phosphate …
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TISSUE ENGINEERING CELLULARIZED SILK-BASED LIGAMENT ANALOGUES
… creation of a cellularized tissue engineering ligament analogue. To alter the mechanical properties of electrospun structures while maintaining high levels of bioactivity, synthetic polymers such as polydioxanone were blended in solution with naturally occurring proteins like elastin and …
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Neuromuscular Consequences Following Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction
Objective: Determine if anterior cruciate ligament reconstructed (ACLr) participantspresent with alterations in corticomotor excitability, spinal-reflexive excitability, and voluntary activation in the quadriceps of their injured limb compared to their uninjured limb as well as matched limbs of …
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Anterior cruciate ligament prosthesis in the dog
Thesis (M.S.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Veterinary Surgery and Medicine, 1967
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Timing of Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) reconstruction
Background: Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) ruptures are common but the ideal timing for ACL reconstruction following injury is unclear. Objectives: To determine if there is a relationship between timing from ACL rupture to surgery and clinical, functional and patient-reported outcomes. To explore …
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Proteoglycan genes and anterior cruciate ligament injury susceptibility
… been associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injury susceptibility, specifically in females. Proteoglycans have also been implicated in having important functions in fibrillogenesis and maintaining the structural integrity of ligaments. Moreover, their content appears to be …
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Genetic risk factors for anterior cruciate ligament ruptures
… the basic structural and functional unit of ligaments, namely the collagen microfibril.
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Design of a novel anterior cruciate ligament prosthesis
Injuries to the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are extremely common (approximately 100,000 every year in the US) and result in greatly reduced mobility; although several surgical procedures have been devised to address this condition, they are far from being completely satisfactory. The golden …
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Development of Methods for Characterizing Ankle Ligament Viscoelastic Properties
… determining the viscoelastic properties of ankle ligaments. The tibiocalcaneal ligament was used for the method development and for the preliminary mechanical testing presented in this work. This document focuses primarily on the development of several novel approaches to: morphological length and …
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Population Based Estimates of Medial Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injury
1 PDF file (87 leaves)
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Scleraxis-mediated regulation of tendon and ligament cell mechanobiology
Tendon and ligament injuries are common orthopedic problems that have an enormous impact on the quality of life of affected patients. Despite the frequency at which these injuries occur, current treatments are unable to restore native function to the damaged tissue. Because of this, reinjury is …
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Design and development of a bioreactor for ligament tissue engineering
… construct may induce the formation of ligament-like structure having in-vivo functional properties. To explore this hypothesis, a novel bioreactor was designed to study the in vitro effect of biaxial cyclic mechanical stimulation on the adhesion, differentiation and proliferation of …
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament injury, Patient Variables, Outcomes and Knee Osteoarthritis
The ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) leads to immediate symptoms that severely affect the individual and receives great attention among the scientific community, yet there is still no consensus on the optional form of treatment. An ACL injury is also a well known high risk factor for the …
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Viscoelasticity of Articular Cartilage and Ligament: Constitutive Modeling and Experiments
Articular cartilage and ligament are soft fibrous connective tissues with apparent viscoelastic behavior. An anisotropic visco-hyperelastic constitutive model for these tissues has been proposed in this study based on the short-term and long-term internal variables. The constitutive model was …
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Application of 3D imaging technology to anterior cruciate ligament surgery
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 155-160).
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Design and Analysis of a Collagenous Anterior Cruciate Ligament Replacement
The anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) contributes to normal knee function, but it is commonly injured and has poor healing capabilities. Of the current treatments available for ACL reconstruction, none replicate the long-term mechanical properties of the ACL. It was hypothesized that …
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Functional recovery at discharge from rehabilitation following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
Functional performance, as well as objective and subjective measures, and psychological factors tests are used in clinically based settings to assess knee function, as well as to determine when patient is ideally suited to return to sport (RTS). Success following ACLR has been defined as a return …
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